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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Quote of the Day: Some really intellectual stuff:

From "Does Anything Eat Wasps?", questions and answers from "The Last Word" column of "New Scientist" Magazine.

"Because cats always land on their feet, and toast always lands buttered side down, you can construct a perpetual motion machine by simply strapping a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back. When the cat is dropped it will remain suspended and revolve indefinitely due to the opposing forces."

But it is a cow's right to be liberal and share it's by-products...and it is a dachshund's right to practise it's hunting prowness...and it is a cat's right to choose not be eaten and wear whatever it likes. If that's not animal rights I don't know what is.

hmmm... but would you catagorise this new apparatus; involving the manipulation of cow, cat and dachshund, under kinetic energy or potential energy? It is after all in motion by virtue of the involved bodies positions relative to each other as well as stresses within the said bodies due to these said positions...

The vomiting cat would provide SOME sort of propulsion, as would the dachshund. It could still be kinetic energy, but the potential for disaster is greater with each added variable. If the cat/toast measure 47 RPM (give or take) with a sideways vomit motion and forward dachshund action.... No, I DON'T think PETA will go for this as a form of perpetual energy. Alas. It could have saved the world.

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